As the seat-sharing and candidate selection processes of political parties are still in progress in poll-bound Kerala, many from the film industry and even news anchors are in the fray.
The latest from the film world to join politics is national award winner filmmaker Ranjith. A known CPM sympathiser, Ranjith is reportedly being considered by the CPM for the Kozhikode North seat. Ranjith said that the party sought his willingness to contest and he expressed in the positive.
Actor Dharmajan Bolgatty, who hailed from a traditional Congress family and also a former KSU activist, had recently expressed his desire to contest in the elections. There are reports that he may be fielded from the Balusserry constituency in Kozhikode.
Krishnakumar, another actor who is popular in television serials of the state, recently joined the BJP. The Thiruvananthapuram resident is likely to be fielded in the state capital.
There are also strong rumours that a couple of popular news anchors in leading Malayalam news channels may be in the fray.
Kerala Assembly already has popular actor Mukesh as Kollam MLA, a known film producer Mani C Kappan as Pala MLA and a former new anchor Veena George as Aranmula MLA. All of them are likely to be fielded again.
(Published 02 March 2021, 15:49 IST)
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